Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

Eoptolink Technology   / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eoptolink-technology-inc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29558:1" rel="noopener">Eoptolink Technology (300502 CH)</a> one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, aims to raise over &gt;US$3bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>Eoptolink was one of the global leaders in 2025 in optical modules, with its products being in high demand for data centers.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier note. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.</li>
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Eoptolink Technology (300502 CH) one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, aims to raise over &gt;US$3bn in its H-share listing.
Eoptolink was one of the global leaders in 2025 in optical modules, with its products being in high demand for data centers.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier note. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.


Aequitas: Eoptolink A/H Listing - Peer Comparison - Catching Up

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Ligent Technologies / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Ligent, a China-based maker of optical transceivers and optical network terminals, launched its Hong Kong IPO to raise USD 723m. Citi and CITIC are the joint sponsors.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the deal terms and provide our thoughts on valuation for the company.</li>
<li>We analyze cornerstone and sponsor performance and assess the risk-reward of the deal.</li>
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Ligent, a China-based maker of optical transceivers and optical network terminals, launched its Hong Kong IPO to raise USD 723m. Citi and CITIC are the joint sponsors.
In this note, we look at the deal terms and provide our thoughts on valuation for the company.
We analyze cornerstone and sponsor performance and assess the risk-reward of the deal.


Ligent (纳真科技) IPO: Analysis of Deal Terms and Valuation

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>After two years of significant investments in AI infrastructure, investors are counting 2025 to be a transformational year for AI.</li><li>As market leaders will continue to deploy a large amount of capital in AI infrastructure buildout to widen their competitive moats, new themes in the downstream are rising, including AI agents, humanoid robots, robotaxi, etc.</li><li>We remain bullish on AI demand. We continue to rank AI theme as our top pick for 2025. Market leaders will continue to enjoy the AI tailwind beyond 2025.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

After two years of significant investments in AI infrastructure, investors are counting 2025 to be a transformational year for AI.As market leaders will continue to deploy a large amount of capital in AI infrastructure buildout to widen their competitive moats, new themes in the downstream are rising, including AI agents, humanoid robots, robotaxi, etc.We remain bullish on AI demand. We continue to rank AI theme as our top pick for 2025. Market leaders will continue to enjoy the AI tailwind beyond 2025.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Semiconductors -Stargate Poised to Accelerate Global AI Arms Race

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of A-share stocks as of Sep 11th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD352,965m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in PING AN INSURANCE, SAIC MOTOR, CITIC SECURITIES, Moutai, FEILONG AUTO COMPONENTS.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of A-share stocks as of Sep 11th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD352,965m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in PING AN INSURANCE, SAIC MOTOR, CITIC SECURITIES, Moutai, FEILONG AUTO COMPONENTS.


A-Share Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 11th): PING AN INSURANCE, SAIC MOTOR, CITIC SECURITIES, Moutai

<ul><li>China’s stock markets (both A/H shares) have soared recently on government stimulus policies.</li><li>Per Reuters, Chinese stocks recorded their biggest single-day gains since 2008, with highest turnover (domestic A-share) on 30 Sep.</li><li>As of 2 Oct 2024, HSI and CSI 300 have surged 32.2% and 18.5% YTD, respectively, currently ranking as top performing indices globally. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China’s stock markets (both A/H shares) have soared recently on government stimulus policies.Per Reuters, Chinese stocks recorded their biggest single-day gains since 2008, with highest turnover (domestic A-share) on 30 Sep.As of 2 Oct 2024, HSI and CSI 300 have surged 32.2% and 18.5% YTD, respectively, currently ranking as top performing indices globally. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Semiconductors - Sector Valuation Revisit After Recent Rally; Potential Rerating Opportunities Ahead

China

Suzhou TFC Optical Communication Co., Ltd. researches, develops, and distributes fiber optic components.

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Suzhou Tfc Optical Communi-A (300394 CH)

Aequitas: Eoptolink A/H Listing - Peer Comparison - Catching Up

Eoptolink Technology (300502 CH) one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, aims to raise over >US$3bn in its H-share listing....

Sumeet Singh

Ligent (纳真科技) IPO: Analysis of Deal Terms and Valuation

We analyze Ligent's USD 723m Hong Kong IPO. We look at deal terms and track records of cornerstone investors and sponsors, as well as its...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Semiconductors -Stargate Poised to Accelerate Global AI Arms Race

We remain bullish on AI demand. We continue to rank AI theme as our top pick for 2025. Market leaders will continue to enjoy the AI tailwind beyond...

CMB International

Semiconductors - Sector Valuation Revisit After Recent Rally; Potential Rerating Opportunities Ahead

China’s stock markets (both A/H shares) have soared recently on government stimulus policies. Per Reuters, Chinese stocks recorded their biggest...

CMB International

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Aequitas: Eoptolink A/H Listing - Peer Comparison - Catching Up

Eoptolink Technology (300502 CH) one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, aims to raise over >US$3bn in its H-share listing....

Sumeet Singh

Ligent (纳真科技) IPO: Analysis of Deal Terms and Valuation

We analyze Ligent's USD 723m Hong Kong IPO. We look at deal terms and track records of cornerstone investors and sponsors, as well as its...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Semiconductors -Stargate Poised to Accelerate Global AI Arms Race

We remain bullish on AI demand. We continue to rank AI theme as our top pick for 2025. Market leaders will continue to enjoy the AI tailwind beyond...

CMB International

A-Share Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 11th): PING AN INSURANCE, SAIC MOTOR, CITIC SECURITIES, Moutai

We analyzed A-share margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted PING AN INSURANCE, SAIC MOTOR, CITIC SECURITIES, Moutai,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Semiconductors - Sector Valuation Revisit After Recent Rally; Potential Rerating Opportunities Ahead

China’s stock markets (both A/H shares) have soared recently on government stimulus policies. Per Reuters, Chinese stocks recorded their biggest...

CMB International